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A Free Press needs Free Protocols

Proprietary social media platforms intermediate the two main things journalism needs to survive: attention and revenue. Drawing from our combined experience building tech for newsrooms from the Chicago Tribune to ProPublica, we'll explore how building on protocols, not platforms could create a media environment where both publishers and audiences control their own destiny. Two veteran news/open social web nerds have ideas about what this could look like in practice (and want to hear yours!)